A blog about SoCal food and travel, with a spicy Asian flair
Marching along we’re adventurers/ Singing the song of adventurers/ Up or down, North, South, East, or West, an Adventurer’s life is best!
Blue Water Seafood works well for Mr A’s Medifast diet so we hit it up again tonight. Not as busy as last weekend, probably due to it being Superbowl Sunday! Mr A tried the blackened swordfish salad tonight. Beautiful on the plate and tasty but he says he prefers the Wahoo/Ono in this preparation. Look at the generous fish portion!...
Playing with some corner blocks for the quilt. The lighter ones for the inner lighter border, the darker blocks for the darker outer border corners. But the little chicks were just the right size to fit inside the 1″ squares. So were the bees in this block: These light colored blocks are a challenge for me as I feel more...
I finally got a chance to go down to Rosie’s Calico Cupboard this past weekend to find some border fabrics for my rescue quilt top. I’m finding that one way to pick the right fabrics is to use my cell phone to take pictures of the color combinations. For some reason they look different on my phone then in real...
Knitting solves two problems for me – my OCD and my need for variety. Thank you Ravelry.Com for being an endless fountain of new patterns.
The memo stated, “Friendly Fraud – what it is, why it’s challenging, and why you shouldn’t try to block it.” “Friendly fraud” is the term Facebook used when children spent money on games without their parents’ permission. Facebook made clear that game developers should let children spend money even without their parents’ permission. The company was focused on revenue, not...
http://bluewaterseafoodsandiego.com/m/ Finally we have found truly fresh fish in San Diego. And how did we find it? By watching Mark Wiens’ YouTube channel! We had to find out about this place from a guy who lives in Thailand! At 615 on a Sunday night, the line was out the door. We waited a good 20-25 minutes just to place our...
OK, I just want to say that I discovered Tig Notaro last year on Netflix thru her show One Mississippi. At first her slow way of talking drives you crazy but what it reflects is a deep confidence in herself, confidence that the audience is listening. And she is so authentic in what she says and does. It actually changes...
Tea in America is still such an underground thing. Oh, you drink tea? Yeah, so do I! Kinda like having a tattoo or something. Of course in the Asian subculture in America, tea is everything and everywhere. I started drinking a lot of tea after we took a trip to Japan. We were getting lots of drinks from the vending...
Today I ordered a small with only 2 scoops. It doesn’t look like much, but really (by global standards) it’s quite a bit of food. PONH uses high quality food, very fresh veggies, and properly prepared sushi rice with that slight hint of vinegar and sugar. Best Poke bowl in San Diego. Recommend you check them out!
Our family seriously loves Pollo Loco. We go at least once a week and we rack up the Loco points and I’ve lost track of how many $10 rewards we’ve redeemed. In fact the girl that works there knows our order and punches it in as soon as she sees us! If you don’t already know, Pollo Loco chicken makes...
Yet another ebay find. There’s many, many quilt tops for sale on ebay but they’re not all of similar quality. It’s really a crime what these sell for (typically $25-150), it doesn’t represent, at all, the time put into them. This top was hand pieced from one inch squares. No sewing machine! It’s mind boggling, the effort that went into...
3 more crocheted blankets. The top one was made for Ms S, lots of yellow in it. Yellow’s been her favorite color forever. I’m not a yellow fan yet this color combination really works, don’t you think? With the remaining yellow (really a goldenrod) I whipped up another blanket in a color way that was again out of my comfort...
I’m really conflicted about wearing Camouflage. It’s extremely popular right now for jackets and pants. In my crazy family, we kids were pretty much forced to wear it and it’s not a memory I cherish. It literally took me 45 years to even start wearing the color olive or khaki green. So I found this jacket at Lane Bryant, it...
Just goes to show, California Adventure gets all the weird stuff… DISNEY CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE PARK Smokejumpers Grill “Share Your Ears” Cheeseburger – Angus 1/3 burger with American Cheese and cheeseburger slider “ears” Foodie Guide to Get Your Ears On – A Mickey and Minnie Celebration at Disneyland Resort
Shocking, but the importance of the Women’s March endures. See you there tomorrow! Is the Women’s March Melting Down? This year’s crowd at ~20,000 was much bigger than last year, it really did feel twice as big. Great energy and of course great signs!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardkestenbaum/2018/10/07/handbag-michael-kors-michaelkors-coach-north-face-northface-npd-osprey/#d33f0eb68b4e Anyone who knows me knows I am beyond obsessed with mini backpacks. Huge capacity (10-15 liters is a lot of volume compared to normal purses), weatherproof, unfussy, let-em-get-dirty. Perfectly utilitarian. So when I read this article about how women are shifting to the more practical backpack I was like “well duh!!” However you do want some cute factor to...
https://nyti.ms/2RUI5xQ Unintended consequences… As countries develop past 3rd world status and women gain reproductive control, birthrate naturally falls.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thecut.com/amp/2018/06/the-rise-of-plus-size-minimalism.html “I look at the offerings from many plus brands, and they’re all so oriented around a vision of femininity — especially ‘fat woman femininity’ — that just doesn’t reflect my style at all,” says Rutter. “I’m really grateful for brands that are filling the gaping hole in the market for more minimal styles, not least because these styles often...
Also ran by the ubiquitous Vallarta Adventures, this shore excursion is a nice outdoorsy trip plus a good long catamaran ride. Yelapa is a tiny fishing village that looks like it only recently got electricity. I cannot imagine actually living there, it seems only one step above camping. You don’t get any romantic “simple living in huts” feeling, it looks...
Spotted in Puerta Vallarta on 1/31/18 https://vallartalifestyles.com/attessa-iv-visits-puerto-vallarta “You may have seen mega yacht Attessa IV sailing around Puerto Vallarta in the last few days. Valued at $250 million USD, this World Superyacht Awards 2011 winner is one of a kind 328-foot long vessel equipped with its own helicopter. Not only is it one of the largest luxury motor yachts in...
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I love discovery, adventure, and the unexpected and my partner loves points and miles. Based in San Diego, our goal is to reach every continent, World Heritage Site, and Disneyland park…and everything in between. This blog is our trail of breadcrumbs. Join us…and Kungaloosh!